Cleveland is married to the former Miss Jackie Thomas.

Cleveland has been pastor of the following churches: Ebenezer Baptist, Staunton, Virginia Friendship Baptist, Demopolis, Alabama First Baptist, Selma, Alabama and is now presently serving at the Corinthian Baptist Church, Mobile, Alabama, where he has pastored since August 2000.ĭr. Cleveland became the first black chaplain in the history of the Alabama Army National Guard where he retired with the rank of major in January 2003 after twenty-three years of service.ĭr. Cleveland became president of Selma University and served until May of 2020. He spent the academic year of 1998 to 1999 as chairman of the Division of Religion and Philosophy at Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, Florida.

Cleveland was professor of Religion and chairman of the Division of Religion at Selma University from 1982 to 1996. In May of 2015, he received the honorary Doctor of Divinity from Carver College in Atlanta, Georgia.ĭr. He received the master of divinity degree from the School of Theology, Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia and the doctor of ministry from Howard University, Washington, DC. He received the bachelor of arts degree in Bible and Pastoral Ministry from Selma University, Selma, Alabama. He graduated from Brantley High School in Dallas County, Alabama. Cleveland is the son of the late John Wesley Cleveland Jr.

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